Improved metallic tag for straps



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AND A.. WADHAMS, OF THE SAME ILACE.

l Letters Paten: No, 78,032, iafed May 19,1868; medetedeemberzs,1867,

IMPROVE) MBTALLioTAe Fort- STRAPS.-

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: y Y

Be it known that I, EDWARD WADHAMs, of Yorkville', in the county of 'New `YorlrQaLuhd Stateof New York, 'have invented a. new and useful Metallic Teg'for Straps; and that'thefollowing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred'to, forms v ;full ondexact specicstion of the sume, wherein lI huveset forth thennture and principles of my saidfimprovement, bylwhich my'invention muy be distinguished from all others-oi` o similar class, tngetherk with such partsas I lnim,'eln d desire to have secured to Ine by Letters Patent'. i l

This invention relates to a. metullic'tag ortip for straps, such, for'instnnce,`as skate`-straps, harness-straps, and the lill'e, which are frequently buckled and unbuekled, and are very liable to have their ends turned or coiled up und frayed out, so as to render it diilicult to insert them through the loops of the straps.

The invention consists in encasi'ng the endv of the strep within'a.A thin strip "of sheet metal, as hereinafter fully shown und described, whereby the end of the strap is' preserved und 'rendered` capable of always being readily ,pessed through the loop, and retained iupreper'shape.' Inthe' accompanying sheet of drawings- Figures 1 and.2 are' opposite sidev views of the end of a. s'tra.p'.

Figure 3,11, detacbediview of the metallic tag for' the same.

Figure 4, an edge view of ,the strap with'the metallic tagjnpon it.4

vSimilar letters of reference indicate lilreipfarts.V

The strap A', to which the' invention'is applied, is of the usual construction.

The tag Bis constructed of thin sheet metahbrnss will probably be most generally used, or u'uidth'equal to vthat of the strop, andfof sufficient length to admit ofbeing doubled 4und. lop over the end of the strap, a. suitable distance ht either side.

The tegy rieurv` one end has two rectangulr openings a a, cut in it, threeV sides being out toforn tbe openings, and the strips b formed the cuts, ere bent-inward, as shown clearly in iig." 3, to passV through perfora# tions c c, made in the tag near its opposite end.

l The tag is tted over the end of the strap A, and the strips b are passed through hlesfin thestrap, and through `the perforations ctc, and-then clinched, `assh'own in iig. 1, the bend at the outer end ofthe tog'being compressed so esY tc-form a. thin end, es shownV in g. 4.

This tng'm'ay be constructed et o very small cost, and will prove` o. greotecquisition forall straps which :1re frequently buckled and unbuclrle'd, preserving the ends of 'the straps, and-facilitating the insertion of them through their loops. I 4

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As zrnew article ofmunufacture, a tag forstmps, consisting ofthe metallic plate B, 'when provided with the two rectangular openings c, and strips Z1, and adapted to be beilt over the end of 'the strop, as herein set` forth for the purpose specified. v

EDWARD WADHAMS.

Witnesses:

Win. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. Renners. 

